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    Posted: 09 Jun 2015 at 10:10pm
I have gotten my bet results right around 60 mph, depending on wind.
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Friends,

I'm about to start a summer of various length trips with our 178, and I hoped to learn from the accumulated experience of the group on best towing speed.  We'll tow with an Audi Q7 SUV, which has 6600 # tow capacity and 660 # tongue weight allowance.  The 3.0 liter diesel has plenty of torque and power and bears the weight of my precious golf clubs in an appropriately tender manner.  Current experience is 26 mpg without Our-pod and about 17 mpg with the little darling hooked through an Equalizer WDH.  We'll be well under the rating of the tow vehicle.

What do all y'all (Southern plural) think about the best speed?

Thanks much, Jim
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